Billboard



Feb. 25, 1939. J W. HANEY I 1,748,220

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.'Peienteel Feb. 25, 1930y PATENT; oFFicE .JoHiv W. HANEY, or sroKANE, WASHINGTON BILLBQARD 'Application mea December 24, 192s. serial Ne. 328,096.

` My present invention relatesl to improvements in bill boards which while adapted for various uses are especially designedy for posting' theatrical bills and advertising other 5 enterprises, ycommodities and articles. As

is well known the customary mode of affix-- ing the bills or posters to the'boards is to paste the successive strips composing the bill, (or a single sheet may sometimes be After a number of these bills or sheets have been pasted one overy another on the face of the board, it becomes necessary to remove the several' layers yof the old bills. This is usually done by first moistening `the pasted bills, and then they are scraped from the board.

After one or more bills have been pasted upon the face of the board, diliculty isencountered :in aiixing ynew sheets or bills on `2v0 the old bills, and the removal of these old billseby moistening and scraping, 'requires -the expenditure of time and labor, together with additional expense.

y By aie utilization ei he bin beard ei my K invention these objectionable diiliculties are obviatedand they board is arranged vso that one bill may quickly'beI aiiixed thereto and present a smooth and workman like finish,v and when the necessity arises for removal of a bill and its replacement by a fresh one, this operation may be accomplished with facility and convenience.

' The invention -consists in certain novel combinationsand arrangements of parts as '35 will hereinafter be more fully set forth and my invention.

' Figure l is a perspective yview of a bill board embodying my invention illustrating one adhesive strip attached to the board, it

beingunderstood `that a plurality of these.

horizontally extending adhesive strips are y used for posting the bills on the board. Figure 2 isa' top plan view at the left end of the' board of Figure 1. yFigure 3 is a view in elevation at the top of the left end of Figure l. Figure 4e is an enlarged detail end elevation showing the operating handle for the rock bars of the device, and the locking means :tor these rock bars. Figure 5 is a sectional detail view at line 5-5 of Figure 1. Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view at line 6 6 of Figurefl.

,In carrying out my invention I employ a rectangular board which is of suitable size and adapted to receive the standard sizes of bills or posters, and this board is provided at its ends with rigid supporting posts 2, 2. At the back of the'board I arrange a plurality of horizontally extending rock bars 3, here shown as pipes, and these roclr bars are journaled in bearings 4 spaced apart and located at the opposite ends of the board, and secured thereto by bolts as 5.' I have shown four of the rock bars in Figure l, but it will be understood that a greater or lesser number of these bars may be employed depending-upon the size ofthe bill board, and upon the dimensions of the poster or hill to be atHXed to the board. f

These rock bars are designed to oscillate in their bearings and at one end each bar is ,provided with a` rock arm 6 which has a collar 6" slipped over the end of the board, and a Cotter pin 7 is used to secure the collar kand its arm to the rock bar. At their front ends these lrock armsk are pivoted to a connecting bar 8 as indicated at y9, and it will be apparent that the conne'ctingbar stands in averticalpla'ne alongy side 'of the posts 2 as seen in Figure l, The lowerniost rock arm is providedwith a'crank handle 10, and it willfbe evident that by moving this crank handle all of the rock bars may simultaneously be vrocked on their axes.

.locked in proper position, the connecting rod 'together with the rock arms and rock bars mayall be locked yagainst movement. Of

have shanks 14 and nuts 15 on the threaded ends oi' these shanks. rIhe shanks are passed through holes 16 in the board and these threaded shanks are threaded through openings in the rock bar and clamped by the nut 15. The pin portion 14 stands in upright position in front of the face of the board as indicated in Figure 1,l and therhole or slot 16 is of sufficient size topermit a slight movement of the angularY pins when'the bars 3 are rocked. At the rear of the board a weath-y er strip lor shield 17 vis provided for each of the rock bars-and this strip or sl'iield'ispsecured. to thel board Vabove each of the rock bars to prevent entrance of moisture, Vsnow orL-'icebetween the bars and the board, and to protect the bars from the weather.`

In Figure 1 it will be seen that the angular pins 14 are arranged in horizontal rows eX- tending from end tov end of the board. Behindeach rowof pins an adhesive strip 18 is to be clamped. This adhesive strip is provided with an adhesive on one side only and this particular side becomes the outside or front fac-e ofthe adhesivestrip when it is placed in position. Assuming that four adhesive strips 18 areto be employed, the crank handle 10 is swung tothe right in Figure-4 and this movement swings the pins 14 slightly away from the front tace of the board 1. An adhesive strip similar to the strip 18 in 'Figure 1 'isnowslipped behind each row of pins 14, andthe handle 10 is swung to the left. The movementfof the handle 10-causes the various rows of pins to clamp the four strips: between the pins and the vface ofthe board. These four strips now present the adhesive :tace to which the single sheet poster or the strip bill may be attached.y The adhes-ive face of each strip 1.8,may be moistened in suitable manner so thatthe strips, will ad# herethereto and the strips or the single sheet,

'are ailixedVY on-l the face of the boardkby the usual operations, except that of course the billor posterjisfnot gummed or provided with paste. v *Y y For the purpose vof holding the `opposite Y ends 'of the billorposter against the face of the board Iprovideapair of' clamp bars 19 l I located at the ends of the board anddisposed in1 verticalpo'sition.V At its lower end each lbar'is securedor anchored to theboard by a staple 20 and. at its upper end the clamp Vbar has an outwardly turned horn or lug 21.

A springhookl22 is provided for each of these y vIVhen the bill yor poster is to be removed Y for replacement by afresh one, or for other, reason, the clamp bars 19vare first disengaged, then the padlock 13 is removed andthe hasp V11 is released so that the crank handle 10 Y 'may be turned to the right. This movementv oi'thecrank handle swings all of the hooks 14 away from the face of the board, so thaty the entire bill or'poster may be lifted or removed in one piece from thecface of the board; Another poster may be aihxed to the board by the operation previously described.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, ywhat I- claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a bill board having horizontal rows of openings of a plurality of rock bars journaled at the rear of the board, retaining pins carried by the rock bars and movable in said openings, and means for operating the rock bars wherebyadhesive strips may be retained by the pins.

2. The combination .with a bill board having rows of horizont-al openings therein of a plurality of rock bars at the rear of the billboard, a. connectingv rod for said bars and means for operating ksaid rod, and angular shaped hooks carried by said bars and 1' movable in saidy openings `for retaining adhesive stripsagainst the face. ofY theboard.

3. VThe combination with a bill board having ro-wsofopenings therethrough of a plurality 'of rock bars journaled at fthe rear o1 the board, angularshapedpins carried by the bars Vand movablein the openings to clamp an adhesive strip, rock arms on the rockV bars, a connecting rod for the roc-k arms, and an operating crank forsaid connectingrod. Y

In testimony whereofI athx my signature.

jIl() JOHN w. 'Harrier'. f

outwardly turned ends of the clamp bars, and v the spring 'hook is secured to the board by;k f 

